Thursday, April 27

Thursday, April 27

I did not sleep well last night.  I had eaten salami on toast for supper—and I ate it too late at night.  That caused me to have indigestion and acid reflux most of the night.  I took Tums at least three times in the night, but they didn’t help at all. 

The cats woke me up very early this morning.  My alarm was set for 9:15 since DeAnn and I were set to zoom at 10 am.  Normally we do a productivity partnership zoom on Mondays and Wednesdays, but yesterday I was with my mom and Lily all day for my mother’s birthday.  I was wide awake at 8 am due to cat interference, so I got up, did my daily morning routine, fed the cats, and started working on my laundry again.  I got it completely done today except to fold the load of socks and underwear that is currently in the dryer.  

I was still not feeling great and had a few bouts of diarrhea throughout the morning and into the afternoon.  I am blaming it on the salami as it was pretty greasy and I am not accustomed to greasy food.  It tasted good while I was eating it, but I sure didn’t enjoy the aftereffects of it.

DeAnn and I chatted for a while before starting the productivity portion of our zoom.  We have the widest range of topics in our discussions.  I told her about the birthday festivities yesterday and how good the food was at Mizuki.  Some time ago, DeAnn told me she would love to come down and paint my bedroom, since I am always complaining how much I hate the “old man urine yellow” that it is now.  Ugh.  It is so gross.  I want to paint it the heavenly blue of the sky above Greece on a clear day.  I told her that I will treat her to lunch at Mizuki if she does come down to paint for me.

During our zoom, the Fed Ex guy delivered my Chewy.com order.  Shortly after that, the Schwan’s man delivered my Schwan’s order.  The Schwan’s stuff is put away, but I haven’t opened the Chewy box yet.  Now it will wait till tomorrow.  During the first 50 minute work period, I worked on the laundry, went over my grocery list, and called in my grocery order to Lerbergs.  If I had been able to focus on my own shopping yesterday instead of shepherding my mother through the store, I wouldn’t have had to get anything from Lerbergs.  I had to cut my shopping short as it was time for Lily to get to her clinic appointment.

During the second work period, I did some tidying and cleaning in the kitchen, washed my dishes, put away the clean dishes, and warmed up my leftovers from Mizuki for a late lunch.  They were almost as delicious today as they were yesterday.  DeAnn and I discussed miso soup and what was in it.  There wasn’t much in the miso soup from Mizuki.  It was like a chicken broth with tiny cubes of tofu and torn pieces of what I believe was the green top part of a leek.  It was very good, and I think it would be great “comfort food” if one was sick with a cold.

Because I had been feeling nasty all night, I was extremely tired in the afternoon—I actually dozed off a couple of times after DeAnn and I were done with our zoom.  At one point, Sawyer joined me in the recliner and I held and cuddled and petted him for quite a while.  He normally doesn’t cuddle at all during the day.  He’s more of a night snuggler.  I love that.

Lily called a couple of times during the morning.  She wanted me to call her back after I finished the zoom with DeAnn, but I pretty much forgot all about it, mainly due to not feeling well.  Later in the afternoon I felt better, but I was still so tired.  I just didn’t think about calling anyone.

I did not work super hard today—but I did pluck away at stuff and took multiple breaks to sit in the recliner.  In the evening, I watched Ghosts.  I love that show.  I have watched some clips of the British version of the show.  I wish there were a way for me to watch that one too.  I like the concept.

After the sun went down, I gave my cats their soft food for supper.  I was kind of hungry, so I made a can of chicken noodle soup.  I felt like I needed to eat something, but I didn’t want anything too intense.  While I was in the recovery hospital in Waseca after the burst appendix episode, I practically lived on chicken noodle soup, Cheerios, and raw carrots and celery dipped in Ranch dressing.  Those were the only things that tasted good to me. 

I am feeling almost normal now.  I am still pretty tired.  I was hoping to get to bed early tonight, but Lily called me a little after 9 pm and didn’t hang up until after 10:30.  She was “hurt” that I did not call her back after DeAnn and I finished our zoom.  I told her I had been feeling sick all night and most of the day.  Instantly she responded, “Oh, I HOPE you will still come to the party on Saturday.”

I would actually rather stab myself in the eye with an ice pick than go to that family gathering, but I will probably end up going.  I get so tired of being manipulated into doing things that I do not want to do so that other people aren’t butt hurt about me not going. 

I definitely need a vacation or something as I am getting to be such a grumpy old bastard. 

That’s about all I have for today.  I need to go to bed and get some good sleep so I can get up early tomorrow.  My grocery order will be delivered some time tomorrow.  Usually it comes within an hour either way of 2 pm. 

I am hoping to work on my kitchen again tomorrow.  The microwave still needs to be scrubbed out; the stove needs to be polished up, the counters need to be cleared, wiped down, and the counter contents replaced, and the wooden cupboards need to be polished with Orange Glow.  I also need to strip the bed, wash the bedding, remake the bed, and dust the furniture in the bed room.

It makes me tired just to think about it.

I would rather do these things than attend the Neitzell family gathering.  I don’t dislike any of the people.  I just don’t want to waste a whole day watching their small children rip and snort.